£380 Spec

Indef1980 · 3 Sep 2011 at 21:17

I'm looking to build my mother a new PC but it's on a pretty tight budget.
The PC will mostly be used for basic photo editing, browsing the internet and possibly playing the occasional game (Starcraft 2/Rift etc.) when she has visitors.
She has a monitor, keyboard and mouse but needs everything else...
Case, RAM, Hdd, Processor, Mobo, PSU, GPU, DVD R/RW, Operating System.

Can anybody help me with a spec? AMD or Intel? I'm looking to order in the next week. The budget can stretch to £400 but not more.

stulid · 3 Sep 2011 at 21:26

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Llano A6-3650 2.60GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor (AD3650WNGXBOX) with FREE DIRT3 PC Game £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
MSI A75MA-G55 AMD Hudson D3 (Socket FM1) DDR3 Llano MIcro-ATX Motherboard £71.99
(£59.99) £71.99
(£59.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Lepa W-Series 450W '80 Plus' Power Supply £41.59
(£34.66) £41.59
(£34.66)
Fractal Design Core 1000 Midi Tower Case - Black £27.22
(£22.68) £27.22
(£22.68)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £303.46
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £63.44
Total : £380.65

The Llano APU has a better built in graphics core than the usual rubbish,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxlQLzOCxEc&list=UUXuqSBlHAE6Xw-yeJA0Tunw&index=51&feature=plpp

Jony27 · 3 Sep 2011 at 21:26

could you stretch by £6?

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Llano A8-3850 2.90GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor (AD3850WNGXBOX) with FREE DIRT3 PC Game £99.98
1 x MSI A75MA-G55 AMD Hudson D3 (Socket FM1) DDR3 Llano MIcro-ATX Motherboard £71.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
1 x OCZ ModXStream Pro 500w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply £43.98
1 x Fractal Design Core 1000 Midi Tower Case - Black £27.22
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £406.45 (includes shipping : £19.10).

if not then just change the CPU to the A6, and it should be below £400.

Indef1980 · 4 Sep 2011 at 00:12

Thanks a lot those specs look really good. Just before I order though what would a similar spec for intel (i3 2100 perhaps?) look like? I assume I would need a dedicated graphics card then? Is it even possible to get close to my budget then and would it be worth it?

olivier renault · 4 Sep 2011 at 00:18

If you want to play games, you will need a GPU of some sort. With the H61 / H67 you can use the integrated GPU of the i3.

stulid · 4 Sep 2011 at 00:21

Indef1980 said:
Thanks a lot those specs look really good. Just before I order though what would a similar spec for intel (i3 2100 perhaps?) look like? I assume I would need a dedicated graphics card then? Is it even possible to get close to my budget then and would it be worth it?

Just get a Llano system as above, the onboard graphics of Sandybridge suck big time.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6670 512MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11192-03-20G) £61.99
(£51.66) £61.99
(£51.66)
Intel Pentium G620 2.60GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £53.99
(£44.99) £53.99
(£44.99)
Lepa W-Series 450W '80 Plus' Power Supply £41.59
(£34.66) £41.59
(£34.66)
Fractal Design Core 1000 Midi Tower Case - Black £27.22
(£22.68) £27.22
(£22.68)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £325.96
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £67.94
Total : £407.65

Pentium 620 vs Llano 3650 - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/403?vs=406

There are cheaper H61 motherboards but they lack SATA3.0, USB3.0 and some have a poor range of display outputs if you didnt use a graphics card.

SheepBeast · 4 Sep 2011 at 02:33

i'd recommend stulid's spec post #2

definitely go with llano if you want to do any gaming.

WeedRamen · 4 Sep 2011 at 04:17

Starcraft and rift for the occasional visitor? Are you the regular occasional visitor by any chance?

Indef1980 · 8 Sep 2011 at 23:12

Nope I'm not the one that will be gaming on the PC from time to time. It will be for the grand children.

I just wanted to say thanks. I've placed an order similar to Stulid's spec but with a 3850. I'll be building it next week!